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16-10-2017, 09:35
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: The Mediterranean
Boat: Hallberg Rassy 382
Posts: 32
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Like button
Hey guys, is there any way of having a like button where you can thumbs up a fellow posters comment? Thanks and great job guys, best resource on the internet apart from google [emoji6]
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16-10-2017, 09:58
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#2
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Chicago
Posts: 115
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Re: Like button
(I think this is about as close as you will get)
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16-10-2017, 09:59
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#3
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Senior Cruiser
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Cruising the northern Bahamas until June
Boat: Leopard 40 2009
Posts: 587
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Re: Like button
+1 on BlueChicago's post. I wish I could come up with another way to like. /s
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16-10-2017, 10:34
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#4
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: The Mediterranean
Boat: Hallberg Rassy 382
Posts: 32
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Re: Like button
Just pushing the envelope a little guys I think it would make a good feature- I’ve often wanted to like comments that others have said.
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16-10-2017, 12:14
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#5
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Everywhere (Sea of Cortez right now)
Boat: PSC Orion 27
Posts: 1,377
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Re: Like button
I send a thanks when I've got access to the desktop version, but I agree, it would be nice to have in the app, which I use 99.9% of the time. A quote, and +1 is about the best we can do. But this isn't Facebook, so.......
goat
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16-10-2017, 12:23
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#6
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: La Ciudad de la Misión Didacus de Alcalá en Alta California, Virreinato de Nueva España
Boat: Cal 20
Posts: 20,441
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Re: Like button
I don't know about android but on the iPhone app you can switch to web view and trigger a thanks from there.
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16-10-2017, 12:37
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 3,074
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Re: Like button
Why does the forum need to be more like Facebook?
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16-10-2017, 12:47
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#8
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Jacksonville/ out cruising
Boat: Island Packet 38
Posts: 31,351
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Re: Like button
What would the function of this “like” button be?
For that matter as a non facebook type, what is it’s function there?
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16-10-2017, 12:55
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,103
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Re: Like button
I think a LIKE button or mechanism that shows how many times a particular comment is liked by members is a good thing for a forum like this.
While I often send a Thank You to members who post especially good or detailed or helpful stuff, there are many more that I like. An easy LIKE button on this forum would give more positive feedback to those posters (something I think would naturally increase participation of members) , and show something of how Members respond to posts. As it is, the thumbs up access through the advanced reply form, and the need to copy/reply cause an obstacle to responses, and those are sometimes far removed from the original post, when posted
In comparison, the sailnet.com model has the "likes" attached to each comment, so one immediately sees how that comment or post has been received by the forum members..
I see more positive to this than negative.
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16-10-2017, 13:03
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#10
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Marine Service Provider
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,103
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Re: Like button
Quote:
Originally Posted by goat
I send a thanks when I've got access to the desktop version, but I agree, it would be nice to have in the app, which I use 99.9% of the time. A quote, and +1 is about the best we can do. But this isn't Facebook, so.......
goat
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But, I don't think of this forum like Facebook.
I think the positive feedback the "Like" indication has promotes and encourages member participation, especially in some threads that debate issues and opinions.
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16-10-2017, 13:10
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Cowichan Bay, BC (Maple Bay Marina)
Posts: 9,703
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Re: Like button
I've been posting on this and other boasting forums for 15++ years. A like button is absolutely useless. If someone likes what I write, great. In other cases people disagree. I don't "count" my likes on forums that have that feature. Useless. It's a forum, not Facebucks.
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16-10-2017, 13:26
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#12
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2017
Location: Katy, TX
Posts: 400
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Re: Like button
The “like” button on the other forums I am on keeps the number of posts per topic down quite a bit. On Cf, it seems the goal is to get to 10 pages or more. With the “like”, you just “like” it and go on. When someone asks a questions that someone else has already answered similar to how you would have answered it, you don’t have to reply, you just “like”. It’s not to count how many people like my post. It’s keep the threads shorter.
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16-10-2017, 13:32
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#13
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 124
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Re: Like button
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16-10-2017, 13:37
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#14
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S/V rubber ducky
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: heading "south"
Boat: Hunter 410
Posts: 20,362
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Re: Like button
I’ve asked this in the past and I’m not sure why there is so much resistance to it.
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16-10-2017, 14:31
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Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: aboard, cruising in Australia
Boat: Sayer 46' Solent rig sloop
Posts: 28,400
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Re: Like button
^^^^
Perhaps it is because there is already so much normative pressure.
Ann
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